PSYCH202B: Research Methods Lab

Unit 4: Measurement and StatisticsYou have now performed each of the steps necessary to design your
experiment, but how will you be able to tell whether your result is
significant? This unit will present different techniques for measuring
your result. The lecture portion of this course introduced the concepts
behind these techniques, but we will now learn to determine when and how
to use each of them. While we will discuss statistics in this unit, a
sophisticated understanding of the subject is unnecessary. That being
said, a working knowledge of statistics is a valuable asset during all
stages of experimentation. In this unit, you should identify the
measurement techniques most applicable to your question and design and
be able to explain your selection.

Instructions: Please review this website for information related to
simple random sampling (pages 8-10). Please note that you also read
this information in PSYCH202.
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4.1.2 Stratified Random Sampling
- Lecture: iTunes University: University of Glamorgan: “Research:
Sampling Methods: Stratified Sampling”
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Instructions: Please read pages 19 and 20 of this unit for a review
of cluster sampling (the link will bring you to page 19).
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Instructions: Please listen through minute 7:40 of this lecture,
\#5 on the linked page. This lecture applies to subunits
4.1.4-4.1.7. Now that you have learned about different types of
sampling methods, try to think about which populations would be best
for different types of samples, and what would be the best sampling
method for you to use if you carried our your study.
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Instructions: The above link will bring you to a course Website.
Please click on “Readings” and then “Operational Definitions of
Variables.” Read the explanation of operationalizing variables and
answer the questions at the end of the document to test your
knowledge of operationalization. Once you have completed this
reading, consider your research question and work to define how you
will operationalize each variable.
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Also available in:
[iBook](http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PSYCH202B-4.2.2-Level-of-measurement-Author.epub)
Instructions: Read above webpage. Consider the dependent variables
in your research topic and how they would be measured.
Terms of Use: The article above is released under a [Creative
Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License
3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (HTML). You
can find the original version of this article
[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_measurement) (HTML).

4.2.3 Examining Available Scales
- Web Media: YouTube: PsycINFO Training Video’s “PsychINFO on
EBSCOhost: In search of Tests and Measures”
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4.2.4 Do You Need to Create Your Own Scale?
- Reading: Professor William Trochim’s “Constructing the Survey”
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Instructions: Please read the entirety of the above webpage for an
overview of the problems with self-report data.
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Instructions: Scroll down the page to the heading "Refereed
Journals Articles"; then to sub-heading "2003" to find the PDF link
to the article. Please read for a description of a study using
physiological data.
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4.3.2 Qualitative Data and Coding
- Reading: Professor William Trochim’s "Qualitative Data" and Nevada
Mathematics and Science Partnership Program: Project PASS
(Proficiency and Success in Science): Dr. Kent J. Crippen’s
“Analyzing Qualitative Data”
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Instructions: Please read this webpage for a review of calculating
measures of central tendency. Please note that you also read this
webpage in PSYCH202.
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Instructions: Please review the entirety of this webpage for an
understanding of correlational relationships and the correlation
coefficient. Please note that you also read this information in
PSYCH202.
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Instructions: Please look through all sections of this workshop to
review the process of selecting statistical tests. Please note that
you also read this information in PSYCH202.
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